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[00:00:15] The length of the Belarusian border is over 3,500 km,
[00:00:18] two-thirds of which is with Ukraine and the European Union.
[00:00:22] Today, this is the most tense section, and information often
[00:00:25] appears in the media about the reinforcement of one or another
[00:00:29] border.
[00:00:32] Reinforcing the border means transferring protection to a more
[00:00:35] strict, intensive, and dense mode of operation.
[00:00:38] The border begins to be guarded by more forces and means than in
[00:00:42] normal, calm times, to exclude the possibility of
[00:00:45] illegal crossing or armed breakthrough.
[00:00:49] Mobile groups, special forces of border troops, and, if
[00:00:53] necessary, the army and
[00:00:56] internal troops are deployed to the border. Observation and patrolling are carried out
[00:00:59] not... if necessary, border guards can use
[00:01:03] armored vehicles
[00:01:04] and drones.
[00:01:12] The main tasks of the mobile group are repelling armed
[00:01:15] attacks, searching for intruders, reinforcing outposts, conducting
[00:01:19] ambushes, and raids. Crossing the land border
[00:01:22] is carried out through checkpoints. All other
[00:01:25] attempts are illegal. Every such violation
[00:01:29] needs
[00:01:30] to be responded to.
[00:01:37] People decide to illegally cross the border when
[00:01:40] legal methods are unavailable. Everyone has their own
[00:01:44] reason: fleeing war, violence, seeking a better life
[00:01:47] abroad, family reunification, smuggling,
[00:01:51] terrorism, and much more. This step is always difficult,
[00:01:54] expensive, and involves enormous
[00:01:56] risk. Shell, shell.
[00:02:05] Border guards are helped not only by drones, thermal imagers, and night
[00:02:09] vision devices. The basic element of combat training is
[00:02:13] tracking. To an experienced eye, the ground tells
[00:02:16] a lot: a campfire, a discarded cigarette butt, a food
[00:02:19] wrapper reveals the location of a stop. Reading tracks
[00:02:22] allows one to determine the speed and approximate weight of a person.
[00:02:26] If the stride is short and the footprint is pressed into the heel, it means... years,
[00:02:48] this is usually the spring and summer period, but attempts to violate
[00:02:51] the state border are not excluded in the winter
[00:02:54] period either. After detention, delivery to the detention center,
[00:02:58] identification of the person. Investigation and
[00:03:01] court.
[00:03:10] The Lithuanian section of the state border is one of
[00:03:12] the most advanced. Here, new security and
[00:03:16] control systems are always tested and implemented first. The
[00:03:19] Smarhon border group is responsible for this part of the border. It is one of
[00:03:23] the oldest in the border service system, established
[00:03:26] in October ninety-two. The sections are
[00:03:30] equipped with intelligent alarm systems,
[00:03:33] optoelectronic surveillance systems, automated
[00:03:37] posts that allow round-the-clock viewing
[00:03:40] of the border strip in 360°,
[00:03:44] and prompt dispatch of alarm groups. Within the Smarhon
[00:03:48] border group's area of responsibility is the nuclear power plant, the main hub
[00:03:51] of transport arteries with the Baltic countries. It is also a forge
[00:03:55] for cynological personnel; a training center for border
[00:03:58] cynologists operates here.
[00:04:30] high activity in terms of
[00:04:33] violations.
[00:04:37] In peaceful and stable times, checkpoints work like
[00:04:40] bridges, connecting countries. Freight traffic increases
[00:04:43] trade turnover, the number of tourists grows, and
[00:04:47] cultural and personal ties are maintained. However, in case
[00:04:50] of cooling relations, checkpoints become a barrier,
[00:04:54] a bottleneck, turning into an instrument
[00:04:57] of political pressure and leverage. Today... many exits
[00:05:00] from Belarus are closed, and those that are functioning are not operating at
[00:05:04] full capacity. Neighboring countries, Poland, Lithuania, and
[00:05:07] Latvia, daily receive from 15 to
[00:05:11] 50% of the norm. Ukraine is closed
[00:05:14] completely.
[00:05:20] Taking advantage of the low workload at Kameny Log, the checkpoint
[00:05:24] is awaiting a large-scale reconstruction. It is
[00:05:26] the only one on the border with the European Union where the infrastructure
[00:05:30] has not been updated for more than 20 years. A radical restructuring will allow
[00:05:34] to increase throughput capacity. At the same time,
[00:05:36] the Belarusian side does not plan to close the direction for the duration
[00:05:40] of the major renovation. The reconstruction will include
[00:05:44] a complete overhaul of the checkpoint, from the lanes
[00:05:47] where vehicles move,
[00:05:50] to the administrative buildings located on the territory of the checkpoint.
[00:05:53] The throughput capacity of the checkpoint will undoubtedly be increased.
[00:05:57] As of today, it stands at 5,000 people per
[00:06:00] day and 2,060 vehicles. Among
[00:06:04] the innovations for Belarusian checkpoints is
[00:06:07] dactyloscopy. Biometric data has long
[00:06:10] been used by the European Union and the USA. Our country can
[00:06:13] request fingerprints. Unlike documents, they
[00:06:17] cannot be forged, transferred to another person, or altered.
[00:06:20] Such cases have been recorded many times at
[00:06:23] the border.
[00:06:28] In October 2026, at the Brest checkpoint, a Malian
[00:06:32] citizen presented her cousin's passport to border guards.
[00:06:36] The investigation showed that the woman could not enter
[00:06:39] the European Union with her own passport, as she did not have one.
[00:07:12] mechanical damage
[00:07:15] to tendons, for example, as a result of which we will not
[00:07:19] be able to obtain a high-quality palm print. In its usual
[00:07:22] form, the passport has existed for about 100 years. During
[00:07:25] this time, people have learned to steal, forge, and re-glue
[00:07:29] photographs. Unlike paper documents, fingerprints
[00:07:32] are unique. By comparing them with data stored in
[00:07:36] the passport chip, visa system, or other database,
[00:07:39] border guards make sure that the passport... belongs exactly
[00:07:43] to the person who is presenting it. We
[00:07:45] must obtain prints of both
[00:07:49] hands, palms of each
[00:07:52] finger separately, right hand - four
[00:07:55] fingers, this is also a control print. All
[00:07:58] the information we collect enters the automated dactyloscopic
[00:08:02] information system, where it is stored. The automated
[00:08:06] dactyloscopic information system, when a control print
[00:08:10] of four fingers is applied... gives us information
[00:08:13] about whether there is information about this
[00:08:17] person in this system, that is,
[00:08:19] has this person undergone dactyloscopic registration
[00:08:23] before? Biometrics
[00:08:26] significantly expands verification capabilities.
[00:08:29] If a lawbreaker or deported foreigner
[00:08:33] changes their name, surname, and obtains a new
[00:08:36] passport in their home country, the border system will
[00:08:39] still recognize them by their fingerprints and block their entry into... For example, into the European Union.
[00:08:43] According to the rules of the Dublin Agreement, immigrants are entered
[00:08:47] into the Eurodac database so that they cannot repeatedly
[00:08:50] apply for asylum in several countries under different
[00:08:53] names. If a person in a foreign country does not
[00:08:57] have documents, their identity, citizenship, and date
[00:09:00] of legal entry can be instantly restored from their fingerprints
[00:09:04] in the database. Before allowing entry, the system
[00:09:07] compares the passenger's fingerprints with international and
[00:09:11] internal databases. This helps to detain people
[00:09:14] who are wanted or involved in terrorist activities directly at
[00:09:17] the border. If a foreigner commits
[00:09:21] an offense within the country and leaves traces,
[00:09:24] law enforcement will be able to quickly identify
[00:09:27] the perpetrator. The main specificity and difficulty for
[00:09:30] border guards at railway stations lies in the
[00:09:33] strict time limit. Unlike automobile checkpoints,
[00:09:36] the service here is tied to
[00:09:39] a strict train schedule. Processing one train
[00:09:43] takes from 15 to 50 minutes. During this
[00:09:46] time, hundreds of passengers must be checked and
[00:09:50] any violations must be excluded. The only operating
[00:09:53] railway checkpoint in the direction of the European Union
[00:09:57] today is Gudogai, located 8 km from
[00:10:00] Lithuania. Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
[00:10:04] passenger railway traffic with Ukraine and the EU
[00:10:08] was suspended. Initially, the restriction
[00:10:10] was introduced as a temporary measure to contain the spread
[00:10:14] of coronavirus infection. Subsequently, the neighboring countries
[00:10:18] did not resume
[00:10:19] traffic.
[00:10:23] Several times a day, trains connecting Kaliningrad
[00:10:27] and the rest of Russia pass through Belarusian Gudogai. Border
[00:10:30] patrols thoroughly inspect wagons and technological
[00:10:34] cavities to prevent the illegal transport of weapons,
[00:10:37] ammunition, drugs, prohibited goods, or
[00:10:40] illegal migrants. Hello, border control, Belarus.
[00:10:44] Please take off your glasses. Where are you going
[00:10:47] from?
[00:10:50] Which document did you use to cross the Lithuanian Republic? Schengen
[00:10:53] visa, good. Among the tasks is also the suppression of attempts
[00:10:57] of illegal entry or transit of citizens of third countries
[00:11:00] who are on international wanted lists or do not have
[00:11:04] legal grounds for entry. As
[00:11:07] a rule, this violation is related
[00:11:10] to being on the territory of the Republic of Belarus
[00:11:14] beyond the established rules, the absence
[00:11:16] of any valid documents, staying on the territory
[00:11:20] of the Republic of Belarus without valid documents giving the right
[00:11:23] to stay on the territory of the Republic.
[00:11:31] Among the tasks of border guards in this direction is also
[00:11:34] monitoring passengers of electric trains from Minsk. For
[00:11:37] illegal migrants, this is a simple, cheap, and
[00:11:40] inconspicuous way to get as close as possible to the border with
[00:11:44] Lithuania. The railway checkpoint is awaiting
[00:11:47] expansion. Customs and border control of freight trains are being
[00:11:51] gradually transferred here. All these years, freight trains
[00:11:55] have undergone customs clearance in
[00:11:57] Molodechno.
[00:12:00] Belarus has several dozen rivers on its border,
[00:12:03] which either cross the border or serve as natural
[00:12:07] water borders themselves. There are just over a dozen
[00:12:10] large and medium rivers that form river sections of
[00:12:14] the border. The longest water border is 150
[00:12:17] km with Ukraine. These are the waters of the Dnieper, Pripyat, and Sozh.
[00:12:21] The border with Poland is shared by the Western Bug, Narew, and the Neman
[00:12:25] tributary, Svisloch. With Latvia, the Western Dvina and Sinyukha. From
[00:12:28] the Lithuanian side, Neman, Viliya, Solcha, and
[00:12:31] Ditva. You can't step into the same river twice. This expression
[00:12:35] is attributed to Heraclitus, but it also applies to guarding
[00:12:38] the water surface. The current, the mobility of
[00:12:41] the bank itself, due to constantly changing natural
[00:12:45] conditions, river sections of the border are considered
[00:12:48] difficult to control. Riverbeds are subject to
[00:12:51] erosion, the formation of new branches, and changes in
[00:12:55] the fairway for ships, along which the border is usually established.
[00:12:58] This requires regular joint demarcation
[00:13:02] and hydrographic
[00:13:03] work.
[00:13:07] The river leaves no traces. For patrolling, border guards
[00:13:10] use high-speed boats, motorboats, and in
[00:13:14] winter, air-cushion vessels for moving across ice
[00:13:17] and open water. The main risks here are associated with illegal
[00:13:21] fishing, smuggling using watercraft, and also
[00:13:25] unintentional border crossings by local residents or
[00:13:28] tourists in boats. Thermal imagers, automated
[00:13:32] observation posts, and radar stations capable
[00:13:35] of detecting any moving objects on
[00:13:39] the water at any time of day are actively installed on the banks.
[00:13:42] Border guards inspect the surrounding territory and
[00:13:46] the shallow coastline. There's no such thing as it being
[00:13:49] easier on land, it's on river sections. Our
[00:13:53] border service is
[00:13:55] very specific and requires border guards to have a very
[00:13:58] high level of training, both theoretical and physical,
[00:14:02] including moral, to be
[00:14:04] constantly ready to guard and protect the borders of our
[00:14:08] homeland. In swamps and other impassable areas,
[00:14:12] modular outposts are being built. In case of flooding or other
[00:14:15] situations, the post can quickly move to another
[00:14:18] location, and cameras and sensors will continue their
[00:14:21] silent monitoring of the border.
[00:18:38] Andrey Petrovich, be ready! It sounds in Britain. This is not
[00:18:42] a pioneer call, but a demand from the British
[00:18:45] military to their own citizens regarding such
[00:18:48] autonomous existence in case of a major war. Why
[00:18:51] is this question being raised now? The Labour Party is changing strategy,
[00:18:55] changing strategy in a fundamental way. The transition from
[00:18:58] global Britain to an era of crises, they are moving towards
[00:19:01] such a progressive, adequate strategy, as they
[00:19:05] believe, the goal is unambiguous.
[00:19:45] well, literally, but the question is, we already talked about this, that these are institutions, and they mainly deal with institutions, that is, we are used to seeing
[00:19:49] alliances somewhat differently, building them both vertically and horizontally.
[00:19:53] In the Anglo-Saxon world, horizontal connections play the main role,
[00:19:57] and if we look at British society as a whole, it is still class-based,
[00:20:00] despite the fact that they are trying in every way to represent these classes – upper, middle,
[00:20:04] working classes. That is,
[00:20:08] nevertheless, it must be understood that today their parliament is also formed
[00:20:11] accordingly. So, regarding this program, "Be Ready,"
[00:20:15] West Streeting, the new Defense Minister, who until recently
[00:20:18] in Keir Starmer's cabinet was the Minister of Health
[00:20:21] and Social Security,
[00:20:25] has seriously decided to change the approaches of the
[00:20:28] Ministry of Defense. It is important to note that West Streeting himself is an open
[00:20:31] gay man, he has his own husband, which
[00:20:35] he, by the way, does not hide and is quite proud of. He grew up in a not-so-rich family
[00:20:39] in East London. What's important is that both on his father's
[00:20:43] and mother's side, he had criminals all over the place. For those
[00:20:47] interested, you can Google it. Such a fate, you wouldn't wish it on anyone. Especially
[00:20:50] since he was born into a family of teenagers. His mother was
[00:20:53] only 18 years old when he was born, and his father was
[00:20:57] just 17 years old. Well, his father immediately left, because everything...